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SCOTCH PLAINSTH—E Serving Scotch PlainsTIME and Fanwood Since 1959 — S \R USK4UJM rjurwooD SMM4 Chi. rmUf N« M CcMdi fW«, N J. Thursday, February 2,1995 FORTY CENTS AN ADDITIONAL MLSM WAS CUT IN QTHKB School District Has One Month To Determine Impact from Loss Of $351,833 in State Aid Monies Board of Education Urges Legislature to Give Districts Sixty Days to Submit Budgets to County Superintendents By ELLEN RADIN Sprcially Writunfor 7*» Timei superintendent. The Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District will lose $351,833 in state aid and $82,500 in other rev- enues in the coming school year, ac- cording to Richard J. Marshall, As- sistant Superintendent for Business and Board Secretary. The $82,500 decrease is due to the pealing the decrease. district's receiving only two special —s said. Transportation aid will decrease by $ 105,884 and transition aid Board member Albert J. Sy vertsen education pupils. stated that the cost and time delay of will decrease by $249,638 the appeals process rendered it inef- The board now has one month to Out of the $249,638, a total of consider how this reduction will af- fective. The board will have several meet- ings in February regarding the budget. The public hearing will be on These administrativecosts, accord- Tuesday, Mtarch 28. Mr. Marshall's remarks came at ing to the state formula, include the The board accepted the November the regular public meeting of the costs of attendance officers, health 22 report of Dr. Choye on enrollment district's Board of Education on Janu- services, guidance counselors, child and facilities. The board approved a ary 26. study teams and libraries. resolution redistricting elementary ! At the meeting, the board voted to Mr. Marshall, Dr. Choye and board studentslivingattheRiversideApart-; urge the State Legislature to amend rnemberscondemnedthestate method mentsandCountryClubEstatesfrom < existing law so as to allowdistricts60 for calculating so-called administra- Coles School toBrunnerSchool. Two > tive costs. They also criticized the suchstudents.nowintbefourthgrade, I SS&SSrBHtS state for not revealing ahead of time however, willbe"grandfathered"and ! what that method was. She said be- allowed to complete fifth grade and ' cause of this districts did not know graduate from Coles School. • the rules when preparing their budgets last year. The resolution also relocates the Township Council Rezones Woodland Estates OfficeofPupilServicesfromBninner" Mr. Marshall said that, had the School to Scotch Plains-Fanwood '; rules been known, certain items in High School, including the Chapter: the budget could perhaps have been No. I Pre-fCindergartenand English • To Allow for Single-Family Units, Duplexes computed differently or included as a Second Languageprograms. The under different headings in order to Brunner School was chosen to re- Compromise Was Worked Out With Neighbors to Reduce Density of the 28-UnU Project try and avoid some of the decrease. ceive the extra students, Dr. Choye Mr. Marshall also said that if 36 said, since it did have several class- ; By GLENN R. KAPLINSKY more students had been in the district rooms being used as the public ser- Specialty Written for The Times Estate Partnership. The township, in obtaining a fair compromise Woodland Estates Partnership, as of October 15, the per pupil costs vices office. The Scotch Plains Township concerned area residents and the would have been low enough to pre- The resolution caHs for • yearly over the original proposal." Mr. sought to allay residents* fears by vent this decrease in aid. update on enrollment figures and Council unanimously approved an developer were involved in ex- Garibaldi succeeded in having the stating there "is no intention of Board member Richard R. Meade consideration of other pomsible ac- ordinance Tuesday to rezone the tensive negotiations in an effort to density of the project reduced. He access" to Short Hills Lane for the stated that if the state median figure tion. Woodland Estates property to a provide for a portion^f the development. had been $ 16 higher, the district ex- Several board members praised Dr. had been figh?istfg ths project since Choye for her work on this issue. mixed residential zone from a Township's affordable housing 1986. Mr. Roth did not object to this penditure above that median would obligation on this 6.32-acre tract not have been high enough to warrant The board voted to approve sub- purely residential one. At the end of his remarks, Mr. being included in the developer's a penalty under the new state for- mission of an application for a On January 17 a resolution was near the Plainfield border. Garibaldi was applauded for his agreement, nor did he object to mula. $35,000 grant from the State Depart- approved by the council authoriz- The residents were led by John efforts by his neighboring substituting single-family units for Board member August Ruggiero ment of Education for a project en- ing Mayor Robert E. Johnston and Garibaldi who owns an adjoining homeowners. the proposed duplexes on the Short wondered how stateofficialscould in titled "Classroom: Connections to the good conscience imply that libraries 1 Mrs. Barbara Riepe, Township property at 5 Short Hills Lane. The project will now consist of Hills Lane border. The project it- Future. ' and guidance departments somehow The board also voted to apply for a Clerk, to enter into a developer's Mr. Garibaldi thanked the council 28 units, down from the original self is located partly in Plainfield. constituted administrative bloat or "for its efforts with the developer total of $311,499 under the Individu- agreement with the Woodland 52. Officials said a majority of the Councilman Alan M. August- overload, and were unnecessary. als with Disabilities Act and for a 28 units will be single-family CONTtNUE0ONPABE12 Board member, Mrs. Lillian M. dwellings with some as duplexes. Due to residents objections, only Freeholders Approve single-family units will be located Fanwood Planning Board Reorganizes; near the residents' homes. The duplexes will be located nearer to Expansion of Compost the center of the project. Gas Line Near Project Draws Protest In addition, officials noted there Board Turned Down Initial Resolution in 1990 Chairman Eschle Says a State Administrative Order States Gas Pipelines will be no access to the project Should Not Be Located Any Closer Than 100 Feet to a Structure By PAUL J. PEYTON board. from Short Hills Lane. These two Speciatly Writltnfor Thr Timrs The board's concern over a lack of items will be included in an ad- By GLENN R. KAPLINSKI 1.3 acres of land at 26 Midway Av- laws regulating the location of natu- The Union County Board of Cho- full-time professional management Specially Wrinn for Tkr Tumi sen Freeholders approved a resolu- dendum to the developer's agree- enue into eight lots for single-family ral gas pipelines near residential has been solved with the hiring of an Thursday's meeting was a homes, including one affordable tion last week which will enable outside contractor. ment, said Mrs. Judy Babinski, dwellings. He wanted the applicant reorganizational one for the Fanwood housing unit, to be serviced by an to delay the application until such Scotch Plains to expand its leaf com- Noise at the site was curtailed by Assistant Township Attorney. One Planning Board. Karl Eschle and post facility on Jerusalem Road. A access road leading into the complex laws governing this situation were in removing the tail gates from munici- item brought up by the residents, Gregory Cummings were reelected and forming a cul-de-sac. place. Mr. Kraus refused. 1990 Freeholder resolution was de- pal vehicles to prevent clanging and that of a proposed buffer was de- Chairman and Vice Chairman, re- Robert Kraus of the Scotch Plains nied by the board which resulted in a banging. Township Public Works spectively. Officials at Texas Eastern have rec- lawsuit filed against the county. Director Walter DiNizo has said ferred to the Planning Board. firm ofLeib.Kraus.Grispin and Roth ommended that the proposed homes Charles H. Brandt was reappointed appeared for the applicant. be located no closer than 25 feet from Expansion of the compost facility trucks will now be scheduled to ar- Eleven other households of the as Board Attorney and Mrs. Ruth was recommended by the Union rive at the facility later in the morning Board Chairman Eschle voiced the pipeline. This recommendation, Short Hills Lane/Ravenswood Page was named Board Secretary. grave reservations and said outright of course, is not binding. County Utilities Authority for inclu- and leave later in the afternoon. After the appointment of officers, sion in its Solid Waste Management Lane area voiced concerns simi- that he will not vote for the applica- Mr. Marsden has found that the Mr. DiNizo has said the facility the matter of the La Grande Midway tion. Mr. Eschle is concerned with Plan. The township held a public hear- will not increase the amount of leaves lar to Mr. Garibaldi's. One of the closest home would be 12 to 14 feet Partnership was taken up. The subdi- the close proximity of two houses in away from the pipeline. Though the ing on its proposal on October 12. brought to the site which is about developers, Gary Roth of the vision application seeks to develop COHmiEOONPMGEt: the development to a Texas Eastern pressure inside the pipeline fluctu- "The permitted expansion will fa- natural gas pipeline. Chairman Eschle cilitate the leaf collection and ates with demand, at tines a pressure and indeed most, if not all, board of 970 pounds per square inch is composting operation of the town- members fear future horneowners ship which has provided and will in reached inside the pipeline.

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